This Sunday we continue in Matthew with some of the hardest teachings Jesus spoke.  Too often we can assume we are followers of Jesus because we identify as followers or Jesus, or even because we just associate with followers of Jesus.  When we do that, we fall right in line with the way much of Israel was living in the 1st Century.  But in this passage, Jesus challenges us on what it really is to be a part of God’s people, and he reveals that he is able and willing to replace would-be followers to remake a people out of those who truly follow.